"Since 2010, over 30,000 patients have successfully lost weight on our medically supervised weight loss programs - "The Clean Start Weight Loss program". The purpose of this weight loss program is to give our patients a long-term weight loss solution that keeps the weight off."

Are you tired of weight loss programs that just don’t work? We’d like to introduce you to a weight loss program that involves no surgery, no starving, no outrageous exercise programs, and no packaged meals. You won’t feel tired, hungry or irritable as with most diets.

In addition to the naturally induced energy and positive mental state you will achieve from weight loss, The Clean Start Weight Loss progran is especially beneficial for diabetic patients. The Clean Start Weight Loss Diet burns a lot of fat accumulated in the internal organs, helping to wean diabetes patients off of their medications. The Clean Start Weight Loss Diet also helps to reduce fat deposits in double chins and bellies, rebuilds the adrenal gland, resets your hypothalamus and prevents muscle loss.

The Clean Start Weight Loss program is designed to help our patients realize their weight loss goals. It is a comprehensive and complete weight loss program that includes:

Medical Testing

Physical Supervision

Pharmaceutical hCG

Weekly consultations with our experienced staff

Lipotropic (Fat Burning) and vitamin injections

Metabolic testing

6 weeks maintenance program after weight loss

What is HCG?

The hCG diet is not new, it was discovered in 1954 by Dr. Simeons, he discovered that a natural hormone found in the body called human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) could accelerate fat mobilization from certain areas of the body, if combined with a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD). hCG has the effect of “unlocking” the body’s fat stores so that the metabolism can burn these energy reserves to power daily bodily functions. This in turn helps to maintain one’s muscle mass during weight loss. Healthy dietary lifestyle changes begin to increase the body’s metabolism, which can then more efficiently metabolize and remove body fat with the help of hCG.

hCG may also help to reshape the body’s fat deposits, particularly targeting the abdomen, buttocks, upper thighs, neck and face. It has also been suggested that hCG plays a role in establishing a new weight “set point” for the body, making one less likely to return to one’s previous body weight.

Those who have taken hCG while dieting, report that it is much easier to stay on the diet and they seem to lose inches rapidly from the primary fat stores, in particular: the belly, buttocks and thighs. There have been no reported adverse side effects to this substance.

No other weight loss program addresses and corrects low metabolism, intense and constant hunger, or emotional eating and food cravings. The hCG program’s goal is to reset your metabolism to a normal level. Your physical hunger is reset to the normal level. Emotional eating issues and food cravings are also reset. Ultimately, when you finish this protocol you will be able to be a normal person in relation to your eating and weight. Your hunger will be completely normalized. Your body will burn the food you eat, so that it does not turn to fat. Your hunger and appetite mechanism will be regular without food cravings.

HCG Diet vs. Traditional Diets

Most traditional diets, without the benefit of HCG, rely on calorie restrictions that can trigger your bodies ‘starvation response’ also called your ‘starvation mode.’

This response essentially causes your body to conserve your fat reserves, locking them up and holding on to them as long as possible. Your body then is forced to begin burning muscle and body tissue first, rather than the fat reserves you are trying to get rid of.

“The benefit of the hCG diet is that your body will convert stored fat for fuel and keep you out of starvation mode.”

What does HCG do and how does it work?

Your friends and family are certainly going to ask how the hCG protocol and diet work. They will no doubt be amazed at how anyone can survive on 500 calories of protein and vegetables (with a piece of fruit or two per day).

A benefit to the use of hCG, is that it releases about 1,500-4,000 calories a day into your system. You add that to the 500 calories you’re eating, and your body thinks it’s taking in 2,000+ calories a day. The result is you are not hungry, and your body doesn’t go into starvation mode. Dr. Simeons found that eating 500 (or less) calories per day is the optimum for weight loss. If you eat an extra 100-200 calories, you will not lose, and have a high likelihood of gaining weight. Why? While your body is under the influence of hCG, it’s considered an “open system.” Which means even a tiny bit of extra starch or sugar can result in an immediate 2-3 lbs weight gain. Another benefit to completing the hCG protocol is that it may reset your metabolism to a “normal” level, allowing you to actually eat more food, without gaining weight.

The HCG Diet and the 3 Types of Fat

There are 3 types of fat:

reserve fat – which your body draws upon for energy when you skip a meal

structural fat – which is located between your organs, joints and bones

abnormal fat or adipose tissue – which is the fat that your body ‘banks’ in case of starvation

The HCG diet produces weight loss but more specifically, fat loss. And that is why the HCG Diet will reshape your body. Your body needs reserve and structural fat but does not need abnormal fat to survive.

By following our HCG diet, your body releases the unlocked calories and nutrients stored in their abnormal fat. As a result, the HCG diet will produce not only weight loss but fat loss.

HCG 500 Calorie Diet

The Clean Start Weight Loss program requires you to keep a balanced diet of no more than 500 calories a day. The diet consists of a healthy variety of proteins, vegetables and fruits, with a small amount of starch.

Babcock Health & Wellness Clinic recommends the following tips to help you maintain the 500 calories a day diet while on our Diet program:

Be prepared—shop for foods necessary to the diet before you begin treatment

Drink tea, coffee, plain water, or mineral water (2 liters of water per day is recommended)

Eat fruit or breadsticks between meals for a healthy snack

Grill away fat before eating foods

What Can You Expect

An average weight loss from ½ lb to 1 lb per day

Decreased hunger

Increased Metabolism

Body contouring

No loss of muscle or structural fat

Decrease in excess fat and stored fat

For your convenience, our office is open 6 days a week. While we encourage you to make an appointment, walk-ins are also welcome. To schedule your appointment, please call 210-544-5715 or click here to request an appointment online.

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